YouTube will soon have more shows to be featured on the site. This is after the largest video sharing website signed another deal with Freemantel Media.

Freemantel Media is the producer of the world famous American Idol and other TV entertainment titles. The company currently holds some top rating shows. The deal will allow YouTube to publish original and with copyright videos by Freemantle, under a deal of course that Freemantle will get revenue from the videos.

This move is also under the hopes that piracy and unmediated uploading of Freemantle videos will be minimized. The deal will use YouTube’s VideoID anti-piracy technology, an anti copyright infringement system which fingerprints video to weed out illegal copies of copyrighted content.

The new deal will add videos and show to the already publicized programs suchy as Hole in the Wall (Australia) and X Factor 2007, as well as original web programming like ToyBoize and Atomic Wedgie.

Source: NewTeeVee

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Need4Video launched a new product that is said to be the most innovative video and audio software in the market today.

Need4Video is advanced processing software that has numerous features like internet integration and audio and video conversion. To top it all, the Need4Video comes in as a package of 22 different programs, many of which are offered as individual products by other software manufacturers.

Need4Video allows users to grab movies from YouTube Google Video, Veoh, Metacafe as well as other video hosting websites and save it in their computers for future viewing. It also comes with video software that allows users to capture, convert, split and merge unprotected DVDs and videos in popular video formats. Users can then extract these videos and save it in a friendlier format.

The video converter platform of Need4Videos allows conversion of videos in over 40 formats, so video format compatibility should be the least of the user’s concern. The audio software on the other hand supports conversion audios in MP3, WMA, WAV, OGG Vorbis and ARM and other formats.

The software also allows fast and easy transfer of videos and audios in different devices such as iPod, iPhone, cell phones, PSP, Zune, BlackBerry and other mobile players.

There is a free trial available for download but if you want full featured software, you can get 1-year access license for $29.99. The time-unlimited liscense costs $39.99.

Source: PRWeb

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Could YouTube videos be saved?

Some of you who already know how to may be surprised at the question, but there are many out there who still do not know how to keep YouTube videos for posterity. Of course, you could easily save the link and click on it whenever you want to view the video behind it, but what if you’re not connected to the Internet all the time?

There are many video-capturing or saving applications in cyberspace and you don’t need to punch credit numbers to have them. I could name several, but in order to save you from confusion, I’ll just feature one.

www.vixy.net is a free Web service which converts Flash/FLV files into other file formats which allows you to save them into your PC hard drive or other storage devices. Using the service is a no-brainer. All you have to do is paste the URL of the video that you want to save and presto! It’s that simple.

Be careful when downloading videos, though, especially if they come from unknown or dubious sources. There are some files which carry malware that could wipe your hard drive clean of all its files, or infiltrate your Windows registry and write malicious instructions therein. Be sure that you’re armed with antivirus software and a registry cleaner, such as RegCure, before you fish anything from the Net.

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Need a laugh?

I’m sure I’ll be getting tons of nods from that query of mine. Laughter is indeed the best medicine, especially if that illness is caused by your boss or by undesirable correspondences from your credit card company.

Before the advent of the Internet, I used to get my weekly dozes of chuckles from Reader’s Digest’s “Laughter is the Best Medicine.” The topic of the jokes varied widely, but there weren’t any about computers back in the 80s. If there were, only a handful of people understood them.

At present, I don’t rely on weekly periodicals anymore to tickle my funny bone. As with almost anything, jokes can easily be fished out on the Web. In YouTube, the videos that are mostly viewed are those that could mimic the effect of nitrous oxide. Needless to say, Web sites, such as www.engrish.com, get thousands of clicks everyday.

Be careful when accessing Web sites or downloading videos on the Net, though. Some Web sites contain worms which could damage your system by simply entering it or if you click any of the links therein. The worms or malware may infect your registry or corrupt your files. Be sure that you have a registry cleaner and an antivirus installed in your PC.

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The blog post that I’ve written about YouTube’s reluctance to regulate the uploading or downloading of videos in its Web site hasn’t even seen its first sunset yet in my page when the news that the Google subsidiary has started to implement a new video identification technology went out.

Hand in Hand 

Time Warner and Walt Disney will be teaming up with the embattled video-sharing Web site in the project. If the program goes well, copyright owners would be able to detect illegal uploads of their videos.

Although I’ve given a paragraph about this on my previous article, the tone that I’ve given to it was quite skeptical. Let’s face it. YouTube’s popularity skyrocketed when surfers discovered that it was a haven not only of homemade videos, but also of Hollywood-produced ones. You can’t blame people then for entertaining the suspicion that the Google company would really be hesitant in testing any kind of technology that would prohibit its clients from uploading or accessing protected contents. But, then again, it’s still too early to put that halo above YouTube’s head.

I hope that other video or file-sharing Web sites, such as Limewire, would also implement a similar technology in order to protect copyrighted products. Don’t get me wrong. I’m all for the free circulation or sharing of information on the Internet. However, I’m also batting for the respect of the rights of the companies or people who created them.

Going the Extra Mile 

Aside from creating a fingerprinting technology in order to detect unauthorized uploads or downloads, I wish that they would also come up with an innovation that would warn users beforehand that the file that they’re downloading contains a malicious code or content. I wouldn’t want to see my PC conk out on me because the file that I’ve downloaded raided my Windows registry. But I’m not rushing them. Besides, what are registry cleaners and antiviruses for.

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YouTube isn’t rushing to filter out copyright-protected materials in its database, and I’m sure we all know why.

Copyright owners are crying foul over the popular video-sharing Web site’s refusal or lack of effort to install programs that would sort out protected contents from its catalog. They are accusing YouTube of willfully allowing Intellectual Property Rights infringement by turning a blind eye on the illegal downloading or showing of licensed materials.

The Google subsidiary is denying the accusations, saying that it cannot install the technology because it is partly defective. The search engine giant’s Google Video is also on the watch list of various entertainment and media groups for copyright infringement.

“Doable”

While the Herculean task of filtering YouTube’s database seems to be impossible, copyright owners insist that it is not. In fact, some video-sharing Web sites have already implemented a technology that could do just that. YouTube’s competitors, such as Dailymotion.com, Guba, and Eyespot have already incorporated the innovation into their systems. Microsoft’s own video-sharing service has also started to appease copyright owners by screening its database’s contents.

The technology that is being used by YouTube’s counterparts works by creating a digital ID of a video. The Web site’s database then looks for the video that matches the ID and removes or prohibits its download or display without the consent of the copyright owner.

Still on its Infancy

The filtering system is not fool-proof, though. In fact, it failed some tests. Newteevee.com said that the program failed to detect a number of illegal downloads that they have made. However, both YouTube’s competitors and copyright owners said that the technology is still a welcome development.

Despite the installation of the new filtering system on the databases of some video-sharing Web sites, Google is still hesitant in following its competitors’ footsteps. It cited the technology’s flaws and the difficulty of implementing it in its entire network.

I’ve always advocated for the free circulation or sharing of information on the Internet. However, this should be done within the parameters set by laws. However, the problem lies not on the implementation of the laws, but on the law themselves. May are questioning of the viability or applicability of copyright laws on the Internet. The video-sharing community might get an answer from judiciary soon. Google is currently facing a $1 billion copyright infringement law suit from Viacom.

Downloading Trouble

If you’re conscious about respecting protected contents, then be your own filter by refraining from downloading licensed videos. There are thousands of alternatives on the Internet. Be very careful when downloading them, though. There are many videos which are infected with various types of malware. It’s very difficult to detect which video files are corrupted. Victims often realize too late that their PC has already been taken over by unwanted applications after downloading and playing an infected file.

If you can’t help yourself from downloading different types of files on the Internet, then at least make it a point to conduct a regular registry and virus scan on your system. An early detection of malicious codes in your Windows registry could spare you from experiencing a system crash or slowdown.

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Stuck on dial-up? Don’t fret. While you really won’t be able to watch the videos at YouTube seamlessly, you would still be able to pretty much do anything that can be done in cyberspace without noticing your nails grow.

Web pages should load without any quirks at 50kbps. Of course, a few head-scratching moments cannot be avoided if the page you’re accessing contains multimedia presentations. Worry not though. Chances are, the Web site that your accessing doesn’t contain any audio or video. If there is any, it usually doesn’t automatically run.

The maximum speed or capacity of a typical dial-up modem is 56Kbps. The largest dial-up bandwidth that my ISP and laptop’s modem frequently give me is 50.6Kbps. I haven’t experienced getting the maximum speed yet. You should be getting 46-50.6Kbps on the average. Don’t settle for anything else. Disconnect and try to establish another connection if you’ve been provided with a smaller bandwidth.

This method of optimizing or speeding up your connection may be crude, but hey, if you’re on dial-up, every kilobyte counts.

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